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` 1. G. HUYE..

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30| 19|?.

1,249,099. Patented De@ 4,1917.

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1. G. HUYE..

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APPLICATION FILED IUNE 30 |917- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Lmmm @ttor mugs* JOSEPHG. HUYE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUIS-IANA.

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Speccationof Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4t, 1917.

Application filed lTune 30, 1917. Seriell No. 177,897.

' To a, "".ftom it may Concern.'

Be it known that I, JosnrH G. HUYE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible setup boxes, more particularly topaste-board hat-boxes, candy-boxes and similar receptacles and may bemade in any desired form, it being understood of course that theoutline, of the top and bottom or end portions shall correspond to theAcross-sectional forni of the body. 1

The primary object of this invention is to improve the locking m'eansfor sectional collapsible set-up boxes consisting of two or moresections, two of which may be easily and securely locked together inaccordance herewith. Other objects are to simplify such boxes, reducetheir cost of manufacture and increase their durability.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a box, of octagonal form, inwhich my invention is embodied, the upper and lower portions beingpartially broken away;

Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same, with the cover removed;

F ig. 3, a superposed perspective view of portions of the body and theflange or lip 5 carrying the engaging elements;

Fig. 4, a fragmentary sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, the wallof the body being broken away to show the inner face of the lip 5 inelevation;

Fig. 5, a sectional view at right angles thereto;

Fig. 6, a plan view of a modified form of cylindrical shape with thecover removed,

employing a single disk-shape stop glued toA the upper inner face of theend section and having its edge at an equal distance, at all points,from the inner face of' the lip 5, and having the lugs 7 glued thereto.

Fig. 7 a fragmentary sectional View on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6' and Fig.8, an enlarged horizontal sectional view'through one of the lugs 11, ofthe modified form shown in Fig. 6, and the adjacent parts of the bodyand lip 5.

.Referring now in detail to the drawings, the box illustrated consistsof three parts or sections, the top A havingthe usual flange or lip, thebody sections 8 snugly tbending each pair of such stamped out parts, ontheir fourth and connected side, back against the adjacent face of-body8, one outside of the other, and securing them in sueh position by anysuitable method or means. such as the staples 9. The position of thelugs i' on the body 8 corresponds to the position of the holes G in thelip or flange 5, so that when the body 8 is slightly deformed and hasits lower end ortion inserted into the lip 5 of end -l'its ugs 7 willenter the corresponding holes 6 in the lip 5 and the edges of the lugs 7and the wallsI of the respective holes 6 will engage and prevent anymovement of the parts 4, 5 and 8 with relation to cach other, exceptlaterally inwardly or outwardly, so long-as the body 8 retains itsnormal Shape.

`When the parts 8 and 4 have been. assembled as above with the lugs 7projecting into or through the respective opening 6,

the locking flanges 3, formed integral With body 8 and folded inwardlyat right angles thereto on scored lines are snapped down to engage withtheir edges the outer faces of the corresponding stops 1.

These stops l are formed by stamping out from the bottom ladjaeent thelip 5 at an equal distance therefrom, and at equal distances around saidbottom. Each of these stamped outv parts is folded once on itself, thenfolded on its side connected to the bottom 4- and secured thereto by astaple 9 or any other suitable method or means. The openings thus formedwill be closed by the locking flanges 3 when the parts are assembled.The width ofthe flange 3 will be slightly greater than the distance fromthe outer face of each stop 2 to the adjacent portion of the inner faceof the lip 5 to force the lower portion of the body 8 firmly outwardlythereagainst to hold the lugs 7 in the hles 6 and prevent their escapetherefrom.

ln the modified form a single stop 10,

this fiange or lip with its upper eol disk-shape for thecy'lindricalshape box shown, having'its outer edge at an equal distance from the lip5 at all points, is substituted for the stops 1, being glued to theupper inner face of the bottom 4, or may be secured immovably thereto inany suitable mann'er.

Also, in this form separate lugs 11 glued to the outer face of body 8,or otherwise immovably secured thereto, are substituted for the lugs 7above described.

In this form the body 8 and the bottom 4 are imperforate, though ofcourse the lip 5 will need to be provided with the perforations 6 toreceive said lugs, the same as in the preferred form.

The disk stop 10 and the lugs l1 will be made preferably of loose rolledpaper board about twice as thick as the material used 'for the body 8.0f course the disk 10 will also vserve to reinforce the bottom 4, makingit thicker and stiffer.

, body section andadapted to engage said Any suitable fibrous ormetallic material may be used throughout or wherever desired.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to claimby Letters Patent is:

1. A box comprising a body section and an end section, said sectionsbeing provided with interengaging means, the end section receiving theend portion of the body secsaid end section and immovable with rela.

tion thereto, and means integral with said body section and adapted toengage said stop to force the adjacent portion of the body sectionoutward against said lip.

4. A box comprising a body section and an end section, said sectionshaving interengaging means and the end section having a lip, incombination with an integral stop carried by said end section andimmovable with relation thereto, and means carjied by said body sectionand adapted to lmgage said stop to force the adjacent portion of thebody section outward against said lip.

A box comprising a body section and an end section, said sections havinginterengaging means and the end section having a lip, in combinationwith an integral stop carried bysaid end section and immovable withrelation thereto, and means integral with said body section and adaptedto cngage said stop to force the adjacent portion of the body sectionoutward ag inst said lip.

(i. A box comprising a bod) section provided with integral lugs and anend section provided with a` lip having holes to receive vstop and theinner face of said lip.

tion and having a lip, in combination with said lugs and which snuglyreceives the end a stili' inwardly presented part carried by portion ofsaid body section, in combinasaid body section and a stop held immovtionwith a stop integral with said end secably to the inner face of said endsection, tion and held immovably thereto and means the distance frombetween the outer and inintegral with said body section adapted to nerfaces of said part being greater than'/engage said stops to force saidbody section the distance between the outer face of said outward againstsaid lipl to hold said lugs in said holes. y 2. A box comprising a bodysection and 7. A boX endsection fixed in form and an end section, Saidsections having interhaving integral stops immovably secured engagingmeans, and the end section having thereto and provided with a lip. alip, in combination with :t stop carried ln 'testimony whereof, .I havesigned my by said end lsection and immovable with rename to thisspecification. l lation therenV and means carried by said JOSEPH G.HUYE.

